Elin Ek (born 28 December 1976 in
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population.
History
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,
Sweden
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) is a radio and
television actress who plays the character
Grynet on
Sveriges Television (SVT).
Grynet
An alter ego similar to fellow Nordic personality
Silvía Night, Elin Ek says that the character of Grynet just popped out of her head as an idea one day to do a parody on the typical Swedish
teenager
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.
Grynet read
Växjö's jury's votes in
Melodifestivalen 2003
Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final ...
, and was one of the hosts of the
Second Chance round of
Melodifestivalen 2004.
On ''Grynets Show'' on
Sveriges Television (SVT), she meets Swedish stars like
Zlatan Ibrahimović and the members of
A*Teens and shares craft projects that viewers can make on their own like applying a new design on handbags with glitter.
The ''Grynets Show'' is SVT's highest rated shows for kids ever.
Radio
Elin Ek has been both a producer and a host of programs on
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is d ...
. She hosted the
P1 program ''
Sommar'' on 5 July 2004. On
P3, she has been involved with ''Ketchup'', ''Sommartoppen i P3'', and ''Lantz i P3''. In January 2007 she began involvement with the new program ''P3 Bubbel''.
References
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External links
Grynets Show homepageSwedish)
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1976 births
Living people
Swedish actresses
Swedish women radio presenters
Women radio producers
Swedish television hosts
Sommar (radio program) hosts
People from Sundsvall
Swedish women television presenters